17 Nov 1936: Appointed
to a Permanent Commission in the rank of Flight Lieutenant

29 Apr 1937: Signals
Officer, SHQ RAF Biggin Hill

8 Jan 1939:
Officer Commanding, No 79 Sqn.

xx Feb 1940: Air Staff,
HQ Fighter Command

xx May 1940: Test Pilot,
Experimental Section, RAE.

xx May 1941: Member, British
Air Mission to Washington.

xx Dec 1941: Officer
Commanding, No 109 Sqn.

xx xxx 1943: Wing
Commander - Signals, HQ No 11 Group.

xx xxx
xxxx: Air
Staff, HQ No 81 Group

xx xxx
xxxx: Air
Staff, HQ No 5 Group

29 Jan 1947: Air Attache,
Bangkok.

xx xxx
xxxx:
Directing Staff, RN Staff College, Greenwich

xx xxx
xxxx: Air
Staff, HQ Coastal Command.

xx Jan
1953: Attended
Imperial Defence College.

xx
Jan 1954 AOC,
No 81 Group

Born
in Australia, he attended Sydney University after which he travelled to the UK
and joined the RAF on a Shot Service Commission. On 28 February 1933 He
was flying Hawker Fury I, K1933 of No 43 Sqn when he collided with another
aircraft, K1936 of the same squadron whilst in the circuit at Tangmere. He
landed landed safely but the pilot of the other aircraft, Plt Off R V Rolph was
killed. He died just over two
weeks after taking command of No 81 Group, when he collapsed in his staff car at
Hungerford.